1929 Archives - Paul – and some of that Jazz

From the Record Shelves #271 – Am I Blue – The orchestra of Ben Selvin has many pages in Brian Rust’s “American Dance Band Discography.” They had an enormous number of sessions between 1919 and 1934. Rust says “I have had the great good fortune to receive some (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #266 – Tell Me Who – We are presented with a radio rarity from January 1929. The National Radio Advertising Company made transcriptions, recorded in Brunswick’s studios on 12’’ 78 rpm records. The shows got their name after the different (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Studio #29 – Just You, Just Me – The tune is from 1929, and its characteristic is that the melody of the chorus starts halfway into the first bar. There are many nice recordings, a dance band recording with Smith Ballew around 1930, and several jazz versions (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #229 – That Da Da Strain – In June 1929, Red Nichols led another session under the name of Louisiana Rhythm Kings. The distinct New York style of his Five Pennies is here in this sextet, but it’s loosened up after about one minute with (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #224 – Indigo Stomp – There have been clarinet players all over the world who wanted to play like Johnny Dodds. I’ve had the pleasure of playing gigs with a few of them. Cy Laurie from England, Matthias Seuffert from Germany, and Claus Forchhammer (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #188 – Beedle Um Bum – This is one of the first LPs that I bought in my life, and it is still one of the best. I had seen it in a shop, and when I had saved up the money I went back. This was in the 1960s, and I was naive when I was shocked because (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #180 – My Kinda Love – This was probably the first record in the Vintage Series that I bought back in 1966. It is a retrospective compilation of trombonist Jack Teagarden’s participation on records from 1928 until 1957 (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #147 – Sweet Suzanne. Here’s an example of a record that I can pull out of the shelves sometimes and enjoy a sweet melody without tapping my foot, looking up the personnel in a discography, and without the need to play it again (…) read more and listenread more and listen

From the Record Shelves #140 – Too Tight. Even if the main ingredient is missing, there is a lot of King Oliver connections in this band that played at Kelly’s Stable in Chicago and recorded for Victor in 1929. Five of the six musicians were members of King Oliver’s (…) read more and listenread more and listen